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The science candidates: races to watch in 2018

The 2018 U.S. elections have attracted unusual interest from the scientific community—and some researchers have decided to throw their hats into the ring. This table provides thumbnail sketches of some the candidates and races that the research community is watching, arranged by the dates of their state primaries. It is an initial list and by no means complete (all the candidates listed so far are Democrats, for example). The table will be expanded and updated regularly throughout the political cycle, which ends with the general election on 6 November. Let us know if you think there are other candidates we should be following, and why they warrant the community’s attention. Email dmalakof@aaas.org.

(Tossup) Both have raised substantial amounts of money, with Casten largely self-funded. Seven Dem candidates make the race hard to call. Field includes Carole Cheney, former aide to only PhD physicist in House.

Incumbent Rep. Peter Roskam (R) has large war chest but seen as vulnerable, especially on health care, in purple district that went for Hillary Clinton in 2016.